Soda-fountain attachment.



H. A. GRIfPIN. ,SODA FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13,'1912.

1 ,054,534, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ernten. l'

HUGH A. GRIFFIN, OF ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA'.

SODA-FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT. v

Application led May 13.

To allwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUGH A. GmrrlN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident. of Rocky Mount, in the countv of Edgecombe and State ofNorth Carolina, have soda fount spigot, and a rotatable stirrer,

consisting of a rod journaled in a guide adapted to slide in the bodyand provided at its lower end with radial arms constituting t-he stirrerproper and having on its upper portion a series of-blades, upon whichthe carbonated Water is discharged when being delivered into a glass,thereby rotating the Vstirrer3 automatically during the time the glassis being filled with water. The guide in which the rod is heldrotatably' and which is adapted to slide in the tubular body, isprovided with springs 'which hold the rod and its attachments `retractedwithin the body when the stirrer is not in use.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation `are ashereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1 is mainly a cent-ral vertical sec-I tion of myattachment showing it applied to a soda fount spigot.' Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 141g. 3 is a cross section on theline 3--3 of said figure. Fig. 4 is a side view of a Aportion ot theattachment. V

l indicates a tubular body constructed ot sheet metal and provided witha lateral tubular arm Q whoseupper end 9. is adapted for attachment, byscrew-thread or otherwise, with the spigot of the soda-forint.

The attachment of the hollow arm 2 is at the lower portion of the body1, and the latter terminates in a contracted portion 1.a which 'servesas thedischarge nozzle or spout ffor the carbonated water received fromthe spigot Centrally within the body 1 and its nozzle Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913. 1912. serian-696,845 l la is arranged theautomatic stirrer, which proper 4 attached to itslower end and its upperportion provided 'with av series of upon which the caroonated water isdis- .chargedlvvhen the attachment is being used.

The upper end of the rod is journaled in the center' of a guide 6 andthe bearings are The guide may be 4made in the tormv of a hollowcylinder, or as 'a frame, or spider, as illustrated in Fig. 2. At thesides, it is providedwith guideways through Which rods 7 eXtendvertically, the said rods being encircled below the guide with spiralsprings 8 which normally support the guide and thereby hold the stirringattachment retracted within the body 1, l, as shown in Fig. 1.

quantity of svrup or flavor-ing extract having been placed in thel glassy, the operator, through the medium of a projecting handle or knob 9,which is attached to the guide 6 and adapted to slide verticallv in aslot 10 formed in the side of the tube 1, pulls the guide and thestirring attachment downward until they reach the position indicated bydotted lines, and the valve of the spigot a: being then opened, a.stream of carbonated water is discharged through the bent tube 2, and,impinging on the propeller 5, causes rapid rotation. of the rod and itsstirrer 4.- in the glass y. Thus the liquids in the glass are thoroughlyintermixed, automatically, at the same time that the glass is beingfilled with carbonated water in the usual way. W hen the glass is full,the valve of the spigot being closed, the operator at the same timereleases the knob 9 and the springs 8 lift the stirrer and restore it tothe normal position, indicated by full lines inv Fig. 1.

, Instead of the operator holding the st-irrer down against the tensionot' the springs during the stirring operation, the knob or handle 9 maybe automatically engaged with a spring catch 11, as indicated in Fig.-1.

ally, to the right, it is obvious the knob will be released so` thatthe' springs may retract the st-irrer to the normal position.

In Fig. 3, I show the 'bent spigot tube 9. connected with the nozzle laatene side of the latter, :so that the stream of carbonated propeller.It is obvidus the same result provided with ant-iiriction balls asshown.

Upon pressing the heado-f this catch later.-

consists of a 'rod or shaft 3 having astirrer radial blades 5,constituting a propeller',

When it is desired to use the stirrer, a due llQ Water is delivered uponthe blades of the i,

could be achieved by curving the blades laterally and arranging the bentarm 2 radial to the nozzle 1a.

Vhile Iprefer to employ the bent tubular arm 2 as the means forconnecting the attachment proper vwith a spigot, it 'is apf parent thespigot might be attached at the top ofthe body 1, so that the carbonatedwater would discharge directly down throu h the same. In such case,however, the h ades of the propeller 5 would have to be made spiral orotherwise constructed to adapt them to be acted upon by the impact ofthe water.

What I claim is z- I. A. soda-fount attachment, comprising a verticaltubular body adapted to be connected with a spigot, and aliquid-stirring device comprising a shaft arranged vertbu cally in thebody and having arms" at its lower end constituting the .stirrer proper,and on itsl upper portion a propeller comprising blades projectingfromthe shaft, whereby the propeller proper, upon receiving the impact ofthe stream of carbonated water discharged from the spigot and iowingthrough the tubular body, automatically effects the rotation oI thestirrer projecting from the nozzle, as described.

2. The attachment described', consisting of a vertical tubular bodyhaving a tubular lateral portion adapted for application to a spigot,and an automatic stirrer comprising a shaft arranged vertically in thebody and provided with a stirrer properand propeller blades, avertically slidable guide 1n which the shaft is journaled, and a springattachment serving to hold the stirrer attachment normally retractedwithin the body, as described.

3. The attachment described, comprising l a vertical tubular bodyadapted for connection. with a spigot, a stirrer comprising a shafthaving a stirrer proper at its lower end and propeller blades on itsupper portion, a guide adapted to slide vertically within the body inwhich guide the shaft has its bearings, guide rods arranged within thebody and passing through theperipheral portion of the uide, the latterhaving a laterally projecting handle and the body being provided with alengthwise slot in which the handle is adapted to slide, and springsencirclingI the rods and normally supporting the guide 'with the stlrrerattachment, as described.

4. The attachmentdescribed, comprising a tubular body having a lateraltubular arm adapted for application to a spigot, a stirrer comprisin ashaft having a istirrer. proper and prope ling blades, a guide in whichthe shaft has its bearings, the same being adapted to slide withinthejbody, for manually moving the guide and with it the stirrer andpropelleigas shown and def scribed. l l

5. The attachment described comprising a tubular body having a dischargenozzle and a hollow lateral arm connected with the latter, a st-irrerattachment comprising a shaft arranged centrally and longitudinally ofthe body and having a stirrer roper at its lower end and a propeller atits upper portion, al slidable guide in which the shaft is mountedrotatab y,the arrangement being as described, whereby when the stirreris lowered, the stirrer proper projects from the nozzle and thepropeller is brought opposite the mouth of the lateral arm, so thattheimpact of the stream of carbonated water discharging into a glassimpinges on the propeller and elects'rotation of the stirrer au'tomatically, as described. 6. In the attachment described, thecombination with a tubular body having a discharge nozzle, of avertically movable shaft carrying a stirrer' and propeller, of a springfor normally retracting the shaft and its connected parts and a handleoperatively connected with the shaft for pushing it down to bring thepropeller and stirrer into position for action, as described.

HUGH A. GRirriN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. HART, HENRY V. MODLIN.

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